Nelson Rockefeller

After a protracted struggle, Nelson Rockefeller is the GOP nominee in 1964. He does not win, but the GOP platform does contain a strong civil rights provision. What happens especially in the deep south?
 
If Rocky is nominated, that would be the only scenario where Johnson might pick Bobby Kennedy as his running mate to secure the youth, Catholic and Northeastern vote. While Kennedy might refuse, he would have to be asked. As for the South: they'd probably vote for Johnson because the Reconstruction folk tales are still alive and well. They get a traitor to his region (LBJ) a liberal Republican (Rocky) and the Southern Antichrist (RFK). So you can imagine security will be very tight in that election.
 
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